Chief of Army (Malaysia)

Official name for the position in English language.

• 1956–1959: General Officer Commanding, Federation of Malaya Army
• 1959–1969: Chief of General Staff
• 1969–present: Chief of Army

No.	Portrait	Chief of Army	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Brook, FrankMajor General Dato' Sir Frank Hastings Brooke (1909–1982)	11 July 1956	25 October 1959	3 years, 106 days	–
2		Moore, RodneyLieutenant General Tan Sri Dato' Sir James Newton Rodney Moore (1904–1985)	26 October 1959	4 September 1962	2 years, 313 days	–
3		Osman, TunkuYang Mulia Major General Tunku Osman Tunku Mohd Jewa (1919–1995)	5 September 1959	31 December 1963	4 years, 117 days	–
4		Bidin, AbdulLieutenant General Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bidin (1918–1995)	1 January 1964	24 November 1969	5 years, 327 days	–
5		Mohamed, UngkuYang Mulia Lieutenant General Tan Sri Dato' Ungku Nazaruddin Ungku Mohamed (1923–2004)	25 November 1969	30 June 1975	5 years, 217 days	–
6		Lieutenant General Tan Sri Dato' Haji Mohd Sany Abdul Ghaffar (1926–2015)	1 July 1975	30 November 1977	2 years, 152 days	–
7		General Tan Sri Dato' Mohd Ghazali Mohd Seth (1929–2021)	1 December 1977	19 January 1982	4 years, 49 days	–
8		General Tan Sri Dato' Zain Hashim (1930–2011)	20 January 1982	16 January 1984	1 year, 361 days	–
9		General Tan Sri Dato' Mohd Ghazali Che Mat (1930–2021)	17 January 1984	30 October 1985	1 year, 286 days	–
10		General Tan Sri Dato' Seri Mohamed Hashim bin Mohd Ali (born 1937)	1 November 1985	5 October 1987	1 year, 338 days	–
11		General Tan Sri Yaacob Mohd Zain (born 1937)	6 October 1987	10 April 1992	4 years, 187 days	–
12		General Dato' Seri Haji Abdul Rahman Abdul Hamid (born 1935)	11 April 1992	3 March 1993	326 days	–
13		General Tan Sri Borhan Ahmad (born 1939)	4 March 1993	31 January 1994	333 days	–
14		General Tan Sri Dato' Seri Ismail Omar (born 1941)	1 February 1994	2 February 1995	1 year, 1 day	–
15		General Dato' Seri Che Md Noor Mat Arshad (born 1942)	3 February 1995	31 May 1997	2 years, 117 days	–
16		General Dato' Ismail Hassan (born 1942)	1 June 1997	31 December 1997	213 days	–
17		General Tan Sri Dato' Seri Mohd Zahidi Zainuddin	1 January 1998	31 December 1998	364 days	–
18		General Tan Sri Md Hashim Hussein (born 1947)	1 January 1999	31 December 2002	3 years, 364 days	–
19		General Dato' Wira Mohd Shahrom Nordin	1 January 2003	9 September 2003	251 days	–
20		General Dato' Wira Mohd Azumi Mohamed	10 September 2003	8 September 2004	364 days	–
21		General Tan Sri Dato' Sri Abdul Aziz Zainal (born 1951)	9 September 2004	31 January 2007	2 years, 144 days	–
22		General Tan Sri Muhammad Ismail Jamaluddin (born 1952)	1 February 2007	20 May 2010	3 years, 108 days	–
23		General Tan Sri Dato' Sri Zulkifeli Mohd Zin (born 1956)	21 May 2010	13 June 2011	1 year, 23 days	–
24		General Tan Sri Dato' Seri Panglima Haji Zulkifli Zainal Abidin (born 1958)	14 June 2011	13 June 2013	2 years, 0 days	–
25		Affandi, RajaYang Mulia General Tan Sri Raja Mohamed Affandi (born 1958)	14 June 2013	16 December 2016	3 years, 185 days	–
26		General Tan Sri Dato' Sri Zulkiple Kassim	17 December 2016	2 September 2018	1 year, 259 days	[2]
27		General Tan Sri Ahmad Hasbullah Mohd Nawawi	3 September 2018	10 June 2020	1 year, 281 days	[2]
28		General Tan Sri Zamrose Mohd Zain (born 1962)	11 June 2020	Incumbent	1 year, 309 days	–

• Mohamed Hashim Mohd Ali
• Yaacob Mohd Zain
• Abdul Rahman Abdul Hamid
• Borhan Ahmad
• Ismail Omar
• Che Md Noor Mat Arshad
• Ismail Hassan
• Mohd Zahidi Zainuddin
• Md Hashim Hussein
• Mohd Shahrom Nordin
• Mohd Azumi Mohamed
• Abdul Aziz Zainal
• Muhammad Ismail Jamaluddin
• Zulkifeli Mohd Zin
• Zulkifli Zainal Abidin
• Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor
• Zulkiple Kassim
• Ahmad Hasbullah Mohd Nawawi

• Malaysian Army
• Chief of Defence Forces (Malaysia)
• Chief of Navy (Malaysia)
• Chief of Air Force (Malaysia)

• Senarai Panglima Tentera Darat - Tentera Darat Malaysia (in Malay)